Re: using sys/fusefs-ntfs as the home dir
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:27:17 +0200 Polytropon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:59:31 -0400, Aryeh Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 500 GB internal drive in 2 partions (min. for vista [c:] and the rest for fbsd [8-current]) 250 GB external (usb) that will be ntfs formated [d: for windows and /mnt/d on fbsd) My question how do I set it up so my windows user's dir is the same as my home dir on fbsd? (assume it will be on the ext. drive)? The solution would be very simple, but because you're insisting on having the D: partition formatted as NTFS, a problem occurs: As far as I know, FreeBSD's NTFS support is okay for reading, but not for writing. (I'm not 100% sure because I don't have any Windows stuff around to check.) fusefs-ntfs can be used for writing. The solution would be to automount the external USB harddisk via /etc/fstab into /home, or into your individual home directory. With a FAT / MS-DOS formatted disk, this would look like this: /dev/da0s1/home/aryeh msdosfs rw 0 0 Note that /dev/da0 has to be this designated USB disk or startup or login would be able to fail. Of course, it would be much easier if Windows could access an simple stupid UFS file system. :-) Other problems could occur if you're using a FreeBSD and a Windows version of the same program that behave differently, for example a browser which's Windows version destroys the configuration files - your settings of the FreeBSD version would be gone. Firefox, Thunderbird and Opera can share preferences and data with Windows (I don't know about the first 2, but for Opera some files have to be different and others can be symlinks, there is a tutorial around). Ale signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: using sys/fusefs-ntfs as the home dir
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:31:41 -0400 Aryeh Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The solution would be very simple, but because you're insisting on having the D: partition formatted as NTFS, a problem occurs: As far as I know, FreeBSD's NTFS support is okay for reading, but not for writing. (I'm not 100% sure because I don't have any Windows stuff around to check.) Actual sysutils/fusefs-ntfs (or ntfsprogs with less stable support) allows you to read and write I am the unofficial (I am not sure if Ale has put my name on the maintainer line of the make file with his or not) fusefs-ntfs the only issue it has on the fb side is in some cases (happens to me but Ale can't seem to reproduce so we are at a lost of how to fix it) is any attempt to mount it from anywhere in /etc/rc or with non-delayed option in fstab will fail (non-fatally and repeating the attempt after your in full multiuser mode works just fine)... I was asking about how to structure the dir's and from what you described I don't think it solves the problem completely because the Desktop dir/folder has two completely different means under both OS's and besides many symlinks (most not documented anywhere) are likelly needed so the purpose of the question was attempting to automate this and/or minimize the number of symlinks (because to windows the will not translate to shortcuts if I understand the guts The sharing of the home directory can only be done per-application and only for some of them. You can't just use the same home directory. For the applications that work that way, you could symlink their configuration/data directories (there are tutorials describing it for Firefox/Thunderbird/Opera). Ale signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: using sys/fusefs-ntfs as the home dir
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:59:31 -0400, Aryeh Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 500 GB internal drive in 2 partions (min. for vista [c:] and the rest for fbsd [8-current]) 250 GB external (usb) that will be ntfs formated [d: for windows and /mnt/d on fbsd) My question how do I set it up so my windows user's dir is the same as my home dir on fbsd? (assume it will be on the ext. drive)? The solution would be very simple, but because you're insisting on having the D: partition formatted as NTFS, a problem occurs: As far as I know, FreeBSD's NTFS support is okay for reading, but not for writing. (I'm not 100% sure because I don't have any Windows stuff around to check.) The solution would be to automount the external USB harddisk via /etc/fstab into /home, or into your individual home directory. With a FAT / MS-DOS formatted disk, this would look like this: /dev/da0s1 /home/aryeh msdosfs rw 0 0 Note that /dev/da0 has to be this designated USB disk or startup or login would be able to fail. Of course, it would be much easier if Windows could access an simple stupid UFS file system. :-) Other problems could occur if you're using a FreeBSD and a Windows version of the same program that behave differently, for example a browser which's Windows version destroys the configuration files - your settings of the FreeBSD version would be gone. Secondary question which I know is answered at WineHQ so no need to answer unless there is a BSD specific issue is how do I make it so wine will treat the first partion of the 500 GB as ~/.wine/drive_c and the same for the external Just a guess: First mount them, then put the mountpoint paths into wine's configuration file. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: using sys/fusefs-ntfs as the home dir
The solution would be very simple, but because you're insisting on having the D: partition formatted as NTFS, a problem occurs: As far as I know, FreeBSD's NTFS support is okay for reading, but not for writing. (I'm not 100% sure because I don't have any Windows stuff around to check.) Actual sysutils/fusefs-ntfs (or ntfsprogs with less stable support) allows you to read and write I am the unofficial (I am not sure if Ale has put my name on the maintainer line of the make file with his or not) fusefs-ntfs the only issue it has on the fb side is in some cases (happens to me but Ale can't seem to reproduce so we are at a lost of how to fix it) is any attempt to mount it from anywhere in /etc/rc or with non-delayed option in fstab will fail (non-fatally and repeating the attempt after your in full multiuser mode works just fine)... I was asking about how to structure the dir's and from what you described I don't think it solves the problem completely because the Desktop dir/folder has two completely different means under both OS's and besides many symlinks (most not documented anywhere) are likelly needed so the purpose of the question was attempting to automate this and/or minimize the number of symlinks (because to windows the will not translate to shortcuts if I understand the guts ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: using sys/fusefs-ntfs as the home dir
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:59 PM, Aryeh Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For the last couple of months I have stopped using a dual boot machine due to: 1. Not having an activated copy of vista (fixed) 2. Wine handling 90% of my common needs up to last week (NBC is broadcasting the olympics in a format wine can't handle and most of my games don't work [and the ones that do have no audio]) thus I am going back to a dual boot setup with the following config (I hope): 500 GB internal drive in 2 partions (min. for vista [c:] and the rest for fbsd [8-current]) 250 GB external (usb) that will be ntfs formated [d: for windows and /mnt/d on fbsd) My question how do I set it up so my windows user's dir is the same as my home dir on fbsd? (assume it will be on the ext. drive)? Secondary question which I know is answered at WineHQ so no need to answer unless there is a BSD specific issue is how do I make it so wine will treat the first partion of the 500 GB as ~/.wine/drive_c and the same for the external Forgot one big qualifier to thue question... I want it so my firefox and thunderbird folders are the same location on both OS's and that if I dl mail/add a bookmark/etc that both OS's will handle it correctly ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
using sys/fusefs-ntfs as the home dir
For the last couple of months I have stopped using a dual boot machine due to: 1. Not having an activated copy of vista (fixed) 2. Wine handling 90% of my common needs up to last week (NBC is broadcasting the olympics in a format wine can't handle and most of my games don't work [and the ones that do have no audio]) thus I am going back to a dual boot setup with the following config (I hope): 500 GB internal drive in 2 partions (min. for vista [c:] and the rest for fbsd [8-current]) 250 GB external (usb) that will be ntfs formated [d: for windows and /mnt/d on fbsd) My question how do I set it up so my windows user's dir is the same as my home dir on fbsd? (assume it will be on the ext. drive)? Secondary question which I know is answered at WineHQ so no need to answer unless there is a BSD specific issue is how do I make it so wine will treat the first partion of the 500 GB as ~/.wine/drive_c and the same for the external ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
